Dumping-car.



No. 676,I03. Patented lune Il, |901.

J. J. SUUDEB.

'DU'MEING EAR.'

(Applicatinn lnd Oct. 16, 1 900,

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Patented lune 190|.

J. J. VSUDEIR. DUMPING CAR.

(Application led Oct. 16. 1900.;

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Nirnn STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB J. SOUDER, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DulvlPlNG-CAR.`

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,103, dated J une 1 1, 1901.

Application led October 16, 1900. Serial No. 33,226. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom. t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. SOUDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Wash ington, in the District ot' Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping-Cars; and I doA hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. A

My invention relates to railway f reightecars, has especial reference to that class of cars which discharge their` contents throughthe bottom of the car, has for its object rapid unloading of the car, and consists in certain improvements in construction which will be fully disclosed'in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 represent-s a top plan View of a railway freight-car embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a vertical Jtransverse section on the line A A on an eni larged scale, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of one end of a car.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating characters thereon, l indicates the body of the car, and 2 and 3 sections of the bottom of the car, which extend from the apex e in the transverse center ofthe car downward and outward to alpoint in aline over the Wheels 5 of the car, as shown in Fig. 2, to discharge the contents of the car outside the wheels and the rails 6 of the track. The outer edges of these sections are secured to and supported on the sides 7 ofthe car-body by stay-rods 8, which are connected to the sides just above the side sills 9, and the in.- ner edges of the sections rest upon and are secured to the center sill 10 in any suitable manner. y

The sections 2 and 3 on each side of the transverse center of the car extend throughout the length of the car, as lshown in Fig. 1, and crossing the car overthe holsters (not shown) are double inclined caps 11, and a like cap 12 crosses the car'in the longitudinal center thereof. These inclined caps, which are about eighteen inches deep, together with the inclined bottom sections 2 and 3, direct the contents of the car in discharging toward the openings in the bottom of the car.

13, 14., 15, and 16 indicate hinged sections or doors in the bottom of the car, which close against'the outer edges of the iixed sections and extend" throughout the entire length of the body of the car. The sections 13 and 16 tend from the holsters to the longitudinal center of the car. The sections 13, 14, 15, and 16 are hinged to the inside of the side sills 9 at 17, and when open to Vtheir full extent they `assume a'vertical position and control the contents of the car intheir discharge and prevent them being projected too great a distance from the car, or they direct the contents into suitable receptacles. The hinged sections are connected to rods or shafts 18 on each side of the center sill 10, under the fixed sections 2and 3, where they cannot be interfered with, clogged, or set by the settling of the contents of the car, by chains 19 andare lowered and raised thereby to control the discharge of the contents of the car. These rods or shafts are provided with miter gear-wheels 20, which are engaged by like wheels 21 on opposite ends of a transverse rod or shaft 22 by which the rods 18 are connected, and on one end of one of the rods 18 is a Worm-gear 23, which is engaged by a like gear 24 on a vertical rod o r shaft 25, having amhand-Wheel 26, by which therods orshafts'lS and 22 are revolved, and all the hinged sections are lowered gradually and simultaneously to unload the car and again raised in like manner after the contents of the car have been dis charged. The rods or shafts 18 and 22 are supported in suitable hangers, (not shown,)

.such as are commonlyiused for the purpose.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim isV 1. A dumping-car having fixed inclined botL tom sections extending from the transverse center of the car outward over the Wheels thereof, and inwardly-inclined bottom sections hinged at their outer edgestotheside sills of the car and resting against the outer edges of the fixed sections when closed, opening outward from said sections and discharging the contents outside the wheels of the car; in combination with means under the iixed bottom for lowering and raising the hinged sections synchronously.

extend, respectively, from one end of the car to the bolster,`and the sections 14 and 15 ex- 2. Adumping-carhavng ixednclined bottom sections extending from the transverse center of the car outward over the Wheels, inwardly-inclined bottom. sections hinged at their outer edges to the side sills of the car and resting against the outer edges of the fixed secbions vvhen closed, opening oumwvard from said sections and discharging the contents outside the Wheels of the car, and stayrods engaging lthe fixed sections near their outerv edges and the sides of the car; in coinbnation with rods adjacent to the center sill and chains under the fixed sections between said rods and hinged sections; and means for D. C. REINOH'L, DAVID MAYER. 

